Osinbajo gets rousing welcome in Kwara

Date: 2017-05-14

There was rousing and overwhelming welcome for the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo by residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Saturday.

Osinbajo and other dignitaries had stormed the 2nd ECWA Church at the Amilegbe area of Ilorin for the funeral service of Dr. Barnabas Oloruntoba, the father in-law of the President, African Development who is a former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.

Osinbajo's visit surprised many Ilorin residents as there was no prior public knowledge of his coming.

The Acting President was already seated at the church auditorium before many residents got wind of his arrival and quickly abandoned their pre-occupations to queue up on the major roads leading to the Ilorin International Airport. Hundreds of people were seen at the Muritala Mohammed Road, Maraba Junction and Amilegbe road waiting for Osinbajo while the church service lasted.

In his remarks at the funeral service, the Acting President reminded leaders that quality service must be rendered to the people and God.

He said there was no way anybody could claim to be serving God without serving humanity.

He extolled the virtues of the late Oloruntoba, and said that the deceased while alive, lived a life worthy of emulation.

He said, "I am very excited to be here. I am more excited because we are here to celebrate a great Nigerian, and not only a great Nigerian, but a child of God.

"He served the country well and rose to the highest position of his career and was honoured by the nation as among the 100 most significant people in our centenary celebration. He is also an Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He served his family very well.

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed said the virtues and legacies of the deceased would remain indelible, adding that he lived a fulfilled life.

The President of Benin Republic, Mr. Patrice Talon, was represented at the funeral service by his Minister of Economy and Finance, Romuald Wadagni.

Dignitaries at the occasion included, a former Military Administrator of Osun and Bauchi states, Col. Theophilus Bamigboye (Retd); Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mr. Segun Awolowo, and Mrs. Titi Atiku, the wife of a former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku among others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oko Erin     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Vasolar Consultoria     Balogin Alanamu     Kola Adesina     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ibrahim Taiwo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Yekeen Alabi     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Kumbi Titilope     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Amuda Musbau     Democracy Day     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Baaziki Sulaiman     Onilorin     Minimum Wage     Olaiya Zuberu     Olaoye B. Felix     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     KSIRS     Oluronke Adeyemi     Olokoba     Oyin-Zubair     Mansur Alfanla     Afeyin-Olukuta     Albert Ogunsola     Ashiru     Bolaji Nagode     Olabode Towoju     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Umar Ayinla Saro     Hijaab     Fatimah Abdulkadir     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Suwa-Arabs     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Durosinlohun Atiku     Ilorin South Constituency     CELF     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Makama Of Ilorin     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     TVC Female National Debate     Offa Metropolitan Club     Lanre Olosunde     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Fulani     Bayer AG     Gobir Organization Foundation     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ariyo     Gamji Members Association     Lukman Adeloyin     Sobi FM     Agbarigidoma     MMWG     Awoye     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ilorin Like-Minds     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Yetunde Balogun     Binta Abubakar Mora     Law School Scholarship     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     TESCOM 2025     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Lanre Aremu     ER-KANG    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Tafidan Kaiama     Saadu Alanamu     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Christian Association Of Nigeria     IQRA College     Summit University     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Split Diamond Interchange     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Haliru Dantoro     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Ayekale     Adisa Logun     Lanre Olosunde     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Sobi FM     Umaru Saro     Ilorin Emirate     Shade Omoniyi     Peter Obi     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Flights To Ilorin     Convocation Ceremonies     Idris Garuba     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Share-Tsaragi     BECE     Yakubu Danladi     Busari Alabi Alausa     Monsurat Omotosho     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Kawu Baraje     Umar Adelodun     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Joseph Offorjama     Plat Technologies     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Jamiu Oyawoye     Adedipe     Popo-Igbonna     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Odo-Owa     Fatimat Saliu     Aso Ofi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Oyedepo     Abdulwahab Oba     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Olupako     Dankaka     Arik     Ilorin South     Omoniyi     Clara Nwachukwu     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ilorin General Hospital     Kayode Ogunlowo     Arca Santa     Isapa     Cassava Growers\' Association     Buhari     Age AbdulKareem     United Nigeria Airline     Bursary